Nightjar

Like the clouds are lifting and the sun is peeking through.....

Spring Equals Hope

Pappillon

About to watch an episode of hoarders. Am currently watching Grand Designs (UK TV)

Glass of soya milk.

Erm, to me it's all about the positive/negative self talk in our head.....it seems to me that if you are able to talk to yourself nicely, rather than ripping yourself to pieces you are being loving to yourself. Of course, no one (except maybe Buddha et al) has constant positive thoughts but if our positive thoughts about ourselves outweigh the negative then I would say we love ourselves more than not. I see loving myself as not beating myself up when I mess up or don't meet the mark set for me by myself or others. I don't know if I could tell you how I do this however but I'm pretty sure it's been a learned behaviour which has gradually increased over my lifetime. I suppose I've read a lot of self help books and most probably this is where I have learned the art of being kind to myself (I've flooded my brain with positive messages). Hope this helps JD.

Congrats on the weight loss Epic. Glad to hear that your esophagitis seems to have passed now. I have been thinking of you.

Merry Xmas to all here on DF. Here's hoping it's a good one.... Lots of love Nightjar xxx xx

I think mine are half out already

Ha ha! Thanks evalynn, it's really nice to get some encouragement and to share my achievements with you guys. I'm sorry I haven't been around for a while. I've been having problems with people snooping on my online accounts (nightmare) but I'm kinda thinking **** it now, I'm just going to carry on as usual. They can snoop away. Here's to continuing our joint efforts in the new year....have a fab xmas

Baileys chocolat. Good God, I think I've found the answer lol.

Goal: Achieved Mood: Chuffed. Weight loss: 7 pounds exactly. Method: Going hungry in the evening sometimes (not always). Smashed it today. I hit my goal a day early and was so chuffed I grabbed my jeans (which I could barely fit into in the summer) straight away to try them on....they were much comfier but not quite a perfect fit yet so I've still got a few pounds to lose to get into them... Still I've felt chuffed for most of the day and am motivated to keep going...even through xmas... I don't want to undo this hard work (going hungry) so I'm going to try really hard to moderate my indulgences over these few days. If I put on a pound fair enough, but I absolutely don't want to gain any more. It's taken me so long to lose it. I'm so happy to see every one is still working on this too. The most important thing is to keep trying IMO coz we'll get there in the end. Cool. That sounds good to me, we will set it as the new weight loss goal for January (ugh what a miserable month). We can get some good weight loss done for the summer. I get that completely my love. All kinds of indulgences are encouraged massively at this time of year. Of course, I've got to be opposite to everyone and diet. That's typical of me....Back to you, I know how strong you are and I think you've got this.

Like a snail...still moving although at warped slow speed

An appointment with the supervet (TV vet in uk) to get to the bottom of my little friend's ailments. She's chronically a little bit poorly